Imagine this: you’re cruising along, feeling confident about your car’s performance, when suddenly, those brakes […] ...

A viral Carwow test pitted a Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX against a Porsche 911 and Nissan Z. While the sports cars stopped shorter, the heavy truck's braking performance was shockingly close. We dive ...

As Tesla raced to meet a self-imposed and closely watched deadline for production of its Model 3 electric sedan, the Palo Alto firm stopped putting the cars through a standard auto-industry braking ...

Since the invention of the automobile more than 100 years ago, just about every part of modern cars has been improved upon or reimagined in some way. One exception are the brakes. Even with ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina -- It was supposed to be a trip into the shop to get new brakes and tires, but instead, it ended with a totaled car. It happened to Nikki Harris' vehicle while it was being ...

Road test editor Scott Mortara headed down the quarter mile in the bright-yellow Boss 302 Mustang, steadying his speed forMotor Trend's standard brake test, just as he's done a thousand times before.

To really put an automobile through its paces, you have to cover a lot of ground. Good thing the Consumer Reports Auto Test Center sprawls across 327 acres in rural Connecticut. We push the cars and ...

Using a full-scale dynamometer for the testing of friction materials for brake applications is a cost- and time-intensive method as it requires the rotor and brake pads to be in their final form ...

New compositions for brake pad materials have been driven by environmental regulations and the need for enhanced braking systems. Studies on the impact of different materials on the durability, ...

Norfolk Southern has filed a petition with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of federal railroad safety regulations regarding refresher ...